Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Quiet

Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that openly profess his name. Hebrews 13:15

How can I avoid coming empty-handed before the Lord? And how can I at the same time find solid ground when my emotions or circumstances throw my mind willy-nilly? I can come to Him bearing the sacrifice of praise in my hands, spoken from a heart richly blessed. When my flesh would rather worry or be sad or try to fix the problem or whatever, bringing Him the sacrifice of praise is the first step in getting my head out of my me-centered clouds.

She's 11 months now. And she has A Curl.

And evidence in that little back that she's no featherweight

What A Dad!!

What happy daughters! (And nicely mown grass!)

Love those hands, love that man

Still playing with my food. This didn't turn out like I hoped. I only had one option for a blue background and it just didn't click. But it was fun making a squash sea-monster!

965 a pair of cardinals in our back yard, on our back porch! such a very, very rare sight

974 the cracking sound of the watermelon rind after I sawed it in half today for the girls

975 senses, with which to take in all God's blessings

976 kitchen window candle burning in the dark of early morning

977 J.G., who gave me the candle

978 a few mornings lately when I've had more time than usual to unfold...journal a few lines, start the coffee, read, pray...

979 time in the car on a family day trip for BB and me to talk and reconnect

980 kids who traveled well enough that we could have such good conversation

981 that what truly needs to get done, gets done
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Feeling rather quiet here these days. The Mercies keep coming, of course, but my heart is quiet, mulling over ideas, trying to really learn all God wants to teach me.

Tiny Bio

I'm Beth. Today I'm 41. Jesus loves me, this I know. I love running and coffee and flowers and quiet space. BB is my best friend & husband these 18 years. We're still in awe over how many kids we have - 8 unique, full of life people we call ours. We're all still trying to figure out large family life together. It's messy. Really messy. And it's beautiful and rich, draining and maddening, and I'm in this space to think out loud about it all.

AH - 18EG - 17MK - 15LC - 13CA - 10CJ - 7

BH - 5

MES - 3

The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the One and Only, Who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14